Guys,
The car is finally done. It was scheduled to two days of work, but ended up 4 days of work. Due to the new year holiday the shop was closed for few days. Anyway, I was little nervous before the car started. Before I go on any further, I need to stress that the engine mounts I made fit PREFECTLY and they are solid too. The engine looks completely stock. From the look of my Tein Suspension, it didnt really go down that much since the iron block is little heavier.
The engine started at first crank without any trouble. Even when cold the engine sounds great and very smooth. We double check all the fluids making sure that my engine is not overheating for some unknown reasons. After 45 seconds of running the engine some smoke came out from the headers due to residue oil after we clean out the oil, everything looks, sounds, felt awesome.
While the engine runs smooth and even smoothier after it warmed-up. We noticed Check engine light came on along with Traction Light. I have seen this before in my car once a while and not sure why they came on few months ago. We will do some more testing to see why they are on. Code obtained was 13 which could be camshaft or crank sensor.
Once again, we triple check all fluids and I slow back up the car and take it to a spin. I want to baby the engine for the next 500 miles so I didnt go faster then 30 mph and few seconds at 55 mph. The engine idle near perfect and beyond my expectation for our stage II cams and larger valves. I am trying to upload some videos. to share them with our members. Please feel free to ask since right now my brain is just full of excitement.
Here are two pictures of the custom engine mounts I made specifically for the 2uzfe to SC400/Soarer chasis.
Once again, the engine bay looks completely stock.
Come back for video of the engine idling.